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Biography
He was born in Chicago, Illinois. At one time, he was married to silent star Mae Murray with the two forming Tiffany Pictures to film eight motion pictures that were released by MGM.
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for The Divorcee and The Great Ziegfeld. Both were nominated for Best Picture, and the latter won. Known by his nickname Pop, Leonard was brought in late by MGM as a reliable director who could get its Pride and Prejudice (1940), starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, onto the big screen. One of the more unusual credits in his filmography is the film noir thriller The Bribe (1949) with its sleazy settings, slippery characters, and steamy atmosphere.
Robert Leonard died in 1968 in Beverly Hills, California of an aneurysm. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, near his wife Gertrude Olmstead.
Movies & TV shows
1957.
1 Movie
Kelly and Me
1957
Failing vaudeville performer, Len, is taken under the wing of the German Shepherd wonder dog, Kelly, and a new act is born. Len hopes all his dreams are coming true when he finds himself in Hollywood ...
1955.
2 Movies
The King's Thief
1955
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
Beautiful but Dangerous
1955
The story of a woman who was known as the most beautiful woman in the world at the time was a fictional one.
1954.
2 Movies
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
Ambrose C. Park, left on a park bench as an infant with an impulsive need to find his parents, is an assistant to a diamond cutter. Shyster lawyer Remlick, in a strategy to get a fabulous uncut diamon...
Her Twelve Men
1954
Greer Garson stars as a teacher at a boys' school. Director Robert Z. Leonard's 1954 drama also features Robert Ryan, Barry Sullivan, Richard Haydn, James Arness, Tim Considine, Frances Bergen, Barbar...
1953.
1 Movie
The Clown
1953
Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn, is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks as a result of his drinking. His son Little Dink idolizes Dodo and faithfully believes in a come...
1952.
1 Movie
1951.
2 Movies
Too Young to Kiss
1951
Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter (June Allyson), a talented pianist... but she...
Grounds for Marriage
1951
Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.
1950.
2 Movies
Duchess of Idaho
1950
Ellen Hallit is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything about it. To help her, her roommate Chris decides to step in, and devises a plan. Chris follows Morriso...
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950
Mother and daughter (Sothern and Powell) compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
1949.
2 Movies
The Bribe
1949
The United States Federal agent traveled to the Central American island to investigate a stolen aircraft engines racket.
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
In this musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, feuding co-workers in a small music shop do not realize they are secret romantic pen pals.
1948.
1 Movie
B.F.'s Daughter
1948
The marriage of Polly Fulton and a progressive scholar is in jeopardy because of their differing attitudes towards capitalism and wealth.
1947.
1 Movie
1946.
1 Movie
The Secret Heart
1946
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process ...
1945.
2 Movies
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an op...
1944.
1 Movie
Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944
Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, Theo is unsure of commitment. Without much thought, she finally accepts the proposal...
1943.
1 Movie
The Man from Down Under
1943
An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII.
1942.
2 Movies
We Were Dancing
1942
A penniless former princess weds an equally cash- strapped baron, so they can support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.
Stand by for Action
1942
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly in rank, and is now Junior Ai...
1941.
2 Movies
When Ladies Meet
1941
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the publisher's wife without telling Mary...
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind ...
1940.
3 Movies
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the decep...
Pride and Prejudice
1940
The man is named Mr. They were and Mrs. and Mr. There are five unmarried daughters of Bennet and Mrs. Bennet wants to find a suitable husband for them. Mr and the rich single gentlemen were together. ...
1939.
1 Movie
Broadway Serenade
1939
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without...
1938.
1 Movie
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
Mary Robbins is a moderately educated, beautiful, young woman who owns the saloon called "The Poker". She is the only woman in the town of Couldee - making her the fancy of all the men there, especial...
1937.
2 Movies
The Firefly
1937
Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French Officers, in order for them to reveal Napolean's intentions toward Spai...
1936.
2 Movies
Piccadilly Jim
1936
Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with Lord Priory. He meets her the next day at the ridin...
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway's biggest starmaker.
1935.
3 Movies
After Office Hours
1935
Hard-hitting news editor Jim Branch falls for high-society type Sharon Norwood but can't get to first base as he continually makes use of her knowledge of the rich and famous to try to solve the murde...
Escapade
1935
A romantic comedy-drama-musical of mistaken identity, infidelity and farce, set in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century.
1934.
1 Movie
Outcast Lady
1934
A woman's dubious past proves to be a stumbling block when she becomes engaged to marry.
1933.
2 Movies
Peg o' My Heart
1933
Peg and her father live a simple life in an Irish fishing village. One day Sir Gerald arrives at the village to tell Pat that Peg is heir to estate of her grandfather, who hated Pat. The upshot of the...
Dancing Lady
1933
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed b...
1932.
2 Movies
Lovers Courageous
1932
A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his plays will be a hit.
Strange Interlude
4
1932
After discovering that insanity runs in her husband's family, she has a love child with a handsome doctor and lets her husband believe that the child is his.
1931.
4 Movies
It's a Wise Child
1931
In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pregnant.
The Bachelor Father
1931
Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) children around him in his declining years. He uses a ledger which keeps track of the payments he has ...
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
1931
A young woman runs away from an abusive home to find happiness with a handsome engineer, only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome engineer.
Five and Ten
1931
John is the owner of the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. His family's life is falling apart due to his constant working, even though they moved to New York from Kansas City. ...
1930.
4 Movies
In Gay Madrid
1930
Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son by transfe...
Peacock Alley
1930
Claire Tree is a singer/dancer who goes after what she wants in a straight-forward, no-nonsense manner, so when she finds herself in the New York City hotel-suite, in fashionable Peacock Alley, of Sto...
Let Us Be Gay
1930
Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Bob had become bored with her lackluster appearan...
The Divorcee
1930
When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.
1929.
1 Movie
Marianne
1929
At the conclusion of World War I, a French girl is romanced by an American doughboy even though she is promised to a French soldier who was sent to the front.
1928.
2 Movies
A Lady of Chance
1928
A con woman working the Atlantic City hotels targets a visiting businessman from Alabama.
The Cardboard Lover
1928
A ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach his two-timing fiancé a lesson and win her back. Wh...
1926.
2 Movies
The Waning Sex
1926
Nina Duane (Norma Shearer) is a criminal lawyer whose gender was professionally resented by Philip Barry (Conrad Nagel), the District Attorney. She wins acquittal for man-chasing widow Mary Booth (Mar...
1925.
2 Movies
Cheaper to Marry
1925
Dick Tyler is the junior partner in the law firm of Knight and Tyler. He tries to convince his partner, Jim Tyler, than it's cheaper to be married than to continually "play the field". The main reason...
Bright Lights
1925
Tom loves Patsy, but she lives in the city while he is every bit the country bumpkin. When an invention of his sells, he decides to take the money and go to the city. There he will show Patsy that he ...
1924.
2 Movies
Mademoiselle Midnight
1924
Renée (Mae Murray) is the heiress of a Mexican ranch, granddaughter of a woman known for her recklessness and frivolity at night. This first "Mademoiselle Midnight" is banished in the opening scene by...
1923.
2 Movies
Jazzmania
1923
The queen of a mythical European nation flees to America when a general threatens to overthrow her government.
1922.
3 Movies
Broadway Rose
1922
Rosalie Lawrence, a dancing star on Broadway, falls for rich Hugh Thompson. His parents disapprove and want him to marry Barbara Royce, so he and Rosalie marry secretly. However, Hugh isn't quite the ...
Fascination
1922
Fascination is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring his then wife Mae Murray. The film is based on an original story by Edmund Goulding, soon to be a prolific f...
1921.
1 Movie
The Gilded Lily
1921
A hostess at a Broadway cafe marries one of her many suitors, and finds out her new husband is prone to drinking heavily. A copy exists at the Museo del Cine Buenos Aires.
1920.
2 Movies
April Folly
1920
April Poole (Davies), a young writer in love with publisher Kerry Sarle (Tearle), visits the office of Mr. Sarle and his partner Ronald Kenna (Frank) and reads her latest story to them. She has made S...
The Restless Sex
1920
A love triangle drama, based on a novel by Robert W. Chambers, who is better-known for weird fiction (which is not noticeable in this story.)
1919.
3 Movies
The Scarlet Shadow
1919
Elena Evans is raised by her puritanical Aunt Elvira, who believes that because of Elena's mother, Elena possesses "the scarlet strain."
The Delicious Little Devil
1919
A poor hat-check girl loses her job and is forced to get a job as a dancer at a roadhouse. She fell in love with the son of a rich businessman there. The boy's father decided to humiliate her and show...
1918.
4 Movies
Danger, Go Slow
1918
Muggsy Mulane, a waif who wears boy's clothing, jumps a freight train to the country after Jimmy "the Eel," the leader of the gang of crooks with whom she works, is arrested. In the village of Cottonv...
Her Body in Bond
1918
The cabaret act of husband-and-wife dancing team Peggy and Joe Blondin is broken up when Joe becomes consumptive and is ordered West to recuperate. Peggy remains in New York to maintain the couple's i...
Face Value
1918
A runaway becomes a thief and is sentenced to a reformatory. A complete copy exists at the George Eastman Museum.
The Bride's Awakening
1918
A husband orders his wife to keep their marriage a secret, in order to better continue his affair with a married woman. The former Filmmuseum (now EYE) has a complete copy.
1917.
3 Movies
A Mormon Maid
1917
This silent melodrama is set against the 1840s westward migration of the Mormons. Dora, a young woman, and her family are saved from an Indian attack by a Mormon community traveling to Utah. They join...
The Primrose Ring
1917
Margaret MacLean, who has been saved from life in a wheelchair by the miracle of medicine, vows to devote her life to caring for crippled children. She becomes a nurse in the children's ward of Dr. Ma...
Princess Virtue
1917
The daughter of a disowned upper class Bostonian finds acceptance in Parisian society. An incomplete copy exists at the Library of Congress.
1916.
4 Movies
Secret Love
1916
In an English mining town during the 1870's, Joan Lowrie falls in love with Fergus Derrick, the new chief engineer who vows to improve working conditions. Joan's father Don, however, runs the mine and...
The Love Girl
1916
A girl is hypnotized and kidnapped by the swami her aunt is devoted to. A complete copy exists at the UCLA Film And Television Archive.
Little Eve Edgarton
1916
Eve Edgarton decides to devote her life solely to her love of botany, but unexpectedly falls in love with a man who shares none of her intellectual interests. A complete copy exists at the Archives Du...
1910.
3 Movies
The Courtship of Miles Standish
1910
A short silent film based on the poem "The Courtship of Miles Standish" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A Common Enemy
1910
A secret message is sent to Col by the young daughter of a Southern family. There is a camp for Morgan.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1910
An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.
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